“Can this floodlight be mounted upside down under the eave and still maintain the optimum line of sight for camera? So far I have not found a smart/motion sensor flood light that achieves this angle properly without hardware modification, i.e. Ring.”
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There is an aftermarket bracket that could maintain the proper mount angle and enables eave mounting as original design intent, I'd recommend you looking into "Nest Floodlight Eave Mount, White (MF001)"
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.That's how I installed mine. I didn't know that they wanted it installed directly to the side of the house until I received the unit. So yes, you can do this. However, you'll have to go into the video configuration tool and tell it to rotate the image 180 degrees. Also, by hanging it from the soffit (I think that's what you mean) which is up-side down, the speaker and camera connections are pointing upwards, not downwards as intended. I'm still playing with the unit, but I can tell that our old (non-Nest) floodlights seem to have better long-range coverage. It's possible that the problem is how I set up my zones. I expanded the zone to cover more of the yard, so we'll see what happens tonight when I test it out Still, the answer is yes.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Nest Cam with floodlight is designed to be installed on vertical surfaces like a wall. We don’t recommend it to be installed on horizontal surfaces because the downward facing angle would reduce the floodlight’s functionality by limiting the field of view of the PIR motion sensor (which triggers the floodlight when motion is detected). We’re taking your feedback and we’ll share it with the right team to work on improving our products and services.
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